[Retric]

Commercial jet aircraft fly at 30,000 feet ~4psi to save on fuel which also translates to higher speeds, which was the joke. Hyperloop was supposed to be lower at ~0.1 psi mostly to allow for higher speeds.

As to the effort to maintain a low vacuum, that has relatively minimal associated energy costs assuming the track is reasonably air tight.

[emkoemko]

do you know how hard it is so keep vacuum? let alone massive tubes ? imagine just the temperature differences on day to night cycle and the overall length

just look at the energy cost and how much a pump can do in a reasonable time period vs the volume of a large distance tube.